Lamb‘s Liver Albanian Style

Name: Lamb‘s Liver Albanian Style (Arnavut Cğeri)
Cuisine: Turkey
Ingredients: plain flour 2 tbsp; salt ½ tsp; lamb’s liver 450 g/1 lb, sliced a pencil’s width; isot biber 2 tbsp; olive oil; red onion 1 large; cumin seeds 1 tsp; garlic cloves 2, chopped; lemon wedges; sumac 1 tsp

Arnavut Cğeri

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Yashim Cooks Istanbul

By Jason Goodwin

Published 2016

About

In Venice very thin slices of liver are stirred for a few moments into a pan of onions which have melted slowly in olive oil. From Albania, across the Adriatic, comes this snappier Ottoman version.

Ingredients

plain flour 2 tbsp
salt ½ tsp
isot biber 2<

Asia
Turkey
Dinner
Mediterranean
Istanbul

Method

Mix the flour with salt and the isot biber, or paprika if you can’t get the Turkish flaked chilli, and toss it with the sliced lamb’s liver, coating the meat. A paper bag is useful for this.
Slice the whole onion finely, and spread it on a serving plate.
Heat up some olive oil in a heavy pan. Gently fry the garlic with a teaspoonful of cumin seeds until th